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We talk a lot here about the technologies available to our students now that were not available to us at that time in our lives. Part of that is almost unavoidable – these technologies form a huge part of our daily lives, and it is really difficult to try not to compare that with the …

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Rather than minimizing something such as government, we need to enhance the way it works in both attitude and function. What is government but just another aspect of our society that needs to work with society and all its various aspects in order to deliver the best possible results for the people reliably and throughout all conditions?

You can't MAKE things be better, any more than you can force people to be better.

Even though we think we are managing the change, we rarely do. In schools, children bring many different views and histories and the result is their learning, the change, is self-organizing around what seems important to each of them with some external guidance from teachers.

"The paper outlines how the role of teachers is changing amid broader shifts to personalized, blended, and deeper learning. In order for the current state of teacher preparation and development to evolve accordingly, the authors recommend professional learning opportunities that echo the type of personalized learning that is recommended for students:

- Some element of teacher control over time, place, path and/or pace;

- Balance between teacher-defined goals, goals as defined by administration through teacher evaluation efforts, and school and district educational goals;

- Job-embedded and meaningful integration into classroom practice;

- Competency-based progression."

This paper would be a key addition to your Individual Professional Development Plan (IPDP).

Online instructors must transform themselves into effective online facilitators, who can engage their learners and enhance the eLearning experience, as a whole. Check the 10 Top Tips that will Transform You Into an Effective Online Facilitator.

(this is a continuation from yesterday’s article about barriers to using social media in education) The first step towards applying social media into education starts with empowering teachers by giving them freedom to use social media to engage with students and giving them the freedom to come-up with innovative ways of teaching using technology. On …

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